Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I think the timing was amazing, because I was reading it as summer was slowly approaching and it really helped get me into the mood. Santa Maria was the perfect summer setting, the descriptions of the board walk and the caves, of Elle's orchard and driving in the summer heat, where all aspects that enhanced the atmosphere of the story and added an extra layer for the reader's enjoyment!

As for the characters, they were definitely interesting, I wanted to learn more about them and their backstory. Mayhem as a heroine is very intriguing, head strong and mature for her age and her relationship with her mother is something that really warmed my heart. Another character that I found extremely intriguing is Neve, even though we didn't get to explore her character as much as I hoped! She's definitely multi-layered, you can see that there's so much more to her than meets the eye, so whenever I read chapters centered around her, I was always enjoying them even more!

The whole book is laced with an underlying cult theme and has some very action packed and thrilling scenes, which even though I wasn't expecting, I savored! On the topic of the action packed scenes, I will admit that I found Mayhem's training and acceptance of her calling quite rushed, it's such a big issue that I hoped more time would be given to it, to explore it properly!

Now it's time to address aspects of the book that I found a bit lacking, in my own personal opinion. Firstly, it was a bit hard getting into it, because of the writing style. I presumed that it was used that way in order to amplify the mystical feeling of the whole story, but it took me a few chapters to feel accustomed to it and start really grasping what's going on in the story. Something else that didn't really sit well with me was the pacing, as I mentioned briefly above. Some parts of the books felt overly explored and some others were quickly brushed off, in order to get to more "interesting" parts of the story.